Study of the Human Self Conference

Al Mele has kindly sent along this PDF brochure for a conference being hosted by Paul Davies at the College of William and Mary this fall called "The Study of the Human Self". Here are the "objectives of the conference":

Although we are learning from psychology and neuroscience that we are not the kinds of agents described in our traditional humanistic theories of the self, we do not yet know what kind of agent we are. We do not yet know how to think of ourselves as deliberators, choosers, and actors. At the conclusion of this interdisciplinary conference, panelists and participants will have addressed the following questions:

What kind of agent are we?
What are we actually like as deliberators, choosers, and actors?
And what are the methods of inquiry most likely to help us discover the truth about our capacities as agents?

Both the conference format and the conference itself look very interesting.

Comments

[Terry Tomkow]

Let me know when they have a conference on the Inhuman Self.

[Chris F.]

You mean one on God?